IFG (BS2000/OSD)

Create screen formats for FHS application programs

Current version: V8.3

The Interactive Format Generator (IFG) enables developers to create screen formats (masks) in interactive mode at a data display terminal. "Interactive" means the step-by-step generation or modification of a format (screen layout) directly on the screen, with the help of prompts from the IFG. This user-friendly guidance continues right through to the point where the finished format is stored in a format library. Depending on the developer’s level of familiarity with the system, they can dispense with some or all of the user prompts.

The benefits are:

The IFG create formats for application programs which use the BS2000 Format Handling System (FHS).

In order to facilitate the programming of FHS application programs, IFG can generate addressing aids for the following programming languages: Assembler, COBOL, RPG, Pascal, C/C++, FORTRAN, PL/I and DRIVE.

IFG is an application program which runs in interactive mode and uses the FHS for its user interface.